'We've prepared as if he's playing the best rugby of his life'
Glasgow head coach Franco Smith insists Warriors have prepared as if Antoine Dupont “is playing the best rugby of his life” fo…
Bryn Palmer
12 Dec 2025, 12:15
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Top 14 season preview: More Test stars head to France but can anyone topple Toulouse?
France's top-flight campaign kicks off this weekend with at least 11 of the 14 clubs holding play-off ambitions.
James Harrington
04 Sep 2025, 2:48
Toulouse survive Champions Cup scare as last-gasp penalty seals win over Toulon
Toulouse edged a tense Investec Champions Cup quarter-final with a 21–18 victory over Toulon at Stade Mayol, booking a last-four…
Ian Cameron
13 Apr 2025, 11:13
Opinion
Toulouse player ratings vs Sale Sharks | 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup
Toulouse player ratings: The red and blacks rode out a spirited challenge from Sale Sharks to book their place in the Champions Cu…
Ian Cameron
06 Apr 2025, 12:02
France forced into yet more squad changes as two drop out
France's uncapped duo of Joshua Brennan and Regis Montagne have dropped out of their 42-man squad as they prepare to face Japan on…
Josh Raisey
04 Nov 2024, 10:02
Antoine Dupont returns but Toulouse team-mate cut from 42-man France squad
Antoine Dupont has returned to the France XVs squad after missing the first half of 2024 as he focussed on his ultra-successful sw…
Josh Raisey
23 Oct 2024, 9:05
Opinion
Can Toulouse winning machine Ugo Mola undo England's straitjacket?
The decorated Toulouse boss wants to coach England. Maybe he's what they need.
Gavin Mortimer
18 Sep 2024, 8:07
Opinion
Toulouse player ratings vs Bordeaux | 2023/24 Top 14 final
Toulouse player ratings: A Top 14 final that will be remembered for being one of the most one-sided in recent memory might not hav…
Ian Cameron
28 Jun 2024, 16:50
Analysis
Where are they now? The 2023 France U20 Championship-winning team
Les Bleus had won the 2018 and 2019 tournament finals in Beziers and Rosario but the pandemic forced the cancellation of the next …
Liam Heagney
23 Jun 2024, 2:02
Analysis
Toulouse player ratings vs Leinster | 2023/24 Champions Cup final
Player ratings: In a game that was a Test match in every way but in name, Leinster and Toulouse delivered a contest befitting the…
Josh Raisey
25 May 2024, 10:34
Opinion
Perfect Champions Cup final will be won in the mind – Andy Goode
Having the two best teams in the competition in the final is all you can ask for and it should be mouth-watering but it’ll be th…
Andy Goode
24 May 2024, 14:53
No Toulouse XV changes but bench includes son of ex-Leinster forward
Investec Champions Cup finalists Toulouse have named the same starting team they fielded in their semi-final win over Harlequins i…
Liam Heagney
24 May 2024, 6:30
Semi-final citing hands Toulouse a Champions Cup final headache
The Argentine back was a 69th-minute replacement for midfielder Paul Costes but his part in finishing out the 38-26 semi-final vic…
Liam Heagney
10 May 2024, 5:43
Analysis
Why European rugby is in danger of death-by-monopoly
The emergence of three super clubs may threaten the Investec Champions Cup, but there is a solution.
Nick Bishop
10 May 2024, 3:47
Toulouse win thrilling Champions Cup try-fest with Harlequins
Toulouse thwarted a thrilling Harlequins fightback to triumph 38-26 and book an Investec Champions Cup final clash against fellow …
PA
05 May 2024, 11:16
Opinion
Toulouse player ratings vs Harlequins | 2023/24 Champions Cup
Toulouse player rating: The aristocrats of European rugby got it done in end but it didn't come without a scare from Gallagher Pre…
Ian Cameron
05 May 2024, 11:03
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